The Ice is a little more comfortable, and it plays more "normal" for a cheap poly compared to the regular polylon. The regular polylon has a bit of a break in period, but plays OK after. I would recommend the Ice over the regular polylon. I STRONGLY recommend investing the extra $20 or so dollars and upgrading to something along the lines of Topspin Poly Polar or Gosen Polylon SP. Both are comfortable polys with a bit of zip. Tension maintenance and all above mentioned strings isn't so great, though.